querencia
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querencia
- /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/ UK, US
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish querencia.
noun querencias
- The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.
- homesickness, nostalgia “We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”
Talk about this word "querencia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/querencia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. querencia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/querencia "querencia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/querencia.
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@misc{querencia_2026,
title = {querencia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/querencia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
